Finding the positive
Today on the phone with my mother I was really dismayed by how sad she sounded. Nothing in particular I suppose, just kind of...a vibe --the quality of her voice just sounded.....melancholy.
I can really relate to this, perhaps moreso with a good mix of boredom and apathy, but nevertheless it sucks and I don't like it! It's not good for someone to be stressed and upset about life! So I'm going to start a game (with my mom, if she agrees to play along) that was inspired by the admittedly clever Andrea P.
Backstory: at some point a few months ago, a certain phrase ("you're fun", was it?) danced dangerously on the edge of extreme overuse that it was starting to gnaw away at my ear drums :) Solution: put a day-to-day quota on its usage in order to preserve my sanity. (im exaggerating, obviously.) Naturally this policy did not work because AP thinks I'm the cutest thing ever (duh) and cannot resist my charms. So, eventually I had to hail-mary that shit and be like "forget it! you're banned!" Her response was "if I can't say such and such you can't say mean things about yourself!" And so, the not-saying-things competition was born. And it worked!
Operation Positive (name change to come, most likely.):bWe each make a list of good things that happened each day and see who can come up with more things.
Easy enough, right? Yes! So easy, in fact, a child could do it! Actually, my 'positive things' will probably BE chidlish and insignificant. Win.
Ready..go.
I can really relate to this, perhaps moreso with a good mix of boredom and apathy, but nevertheless it sucks and I don't like it! It's not good for someone to be stressed and upset about life! So I'm going to start a game (with my mom, if she agrees to play along) that was inspired by the admittedly clever Andrea P.
Backstory: at some point a few months ago, a certain phrase ("you're fun", was it?) danced dangerously on the edge of extreme overuse that it was starting to gnaw away at my ear drums :) Solution: put a day-to-day quota on its usage in order to preserve my sanity. (im exaggerating, obviously.) Naturally this policy did not work because AP thinks I'm the cutest thing ever (duh) and cannot resist my charms. So, eventually I had to hail-mary that shit and be like "forget it! you're banned!" Her response was "if I can't say such and such you can't say mean things about yourself!" And so, the not-saying-things competition was born. And it worked!
Operation Positive (name change to come, most likely.):bWe each make a list of good things that happened each day and see who can come up with more things.
Easy enough, right? Yes! So easy, in fact, a child could do it! Actually, my 'positive things' will probably BE chidlish and insignificant. Win.
Ready..go.
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